McGregor: I was not on TUF to train my team
Conor McGregor: “I’m going to bring the eyes to the screen for them. I’m going to provide coaches that I have come up with. But, really, it’s a six-week run of fights…”
Through the years of the Ultimate Fighter, a myriad of coaches have taken the helm leading a group of young fighters through the reality show. Each coach has brought a unique perspective and method as to the best way to help their team. For Conor McGregor, who recently finished taping a season against Urijah Faber, he took a mental approach to helping his team, as opposed to a hands on day to day approach:
I’m simply going to provide the platform for them, he said. I’m going to bring the eyes to the screen for them. I’m going to provide coaches that I have come up with. But, really, it’s a six-week run of fights on and off. The training is done. I’m not going to go in and teach them anything. Their training should already be done. You should already have your hard rounds done. Now, it’s about keeping the body fresh.
McGregor has other plans that are unconventional for coaches on the reality show. Mainly, he intends to skip most, if not all, of the training sessions for his team.
I’m not going to be at every training session, if I’m even going to be at any training session, McGregor said. I’m just going to be there picking the fights and doing that obligation, and I’ll be at the fights. But I have my team of coaches that will be preparing them and I truly believe that they will give them the right training.
